Regarding the slaughtered animals that come from abroad, are they eaten?
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The questioner : This is regarding the slaughtered animals and things that come from abroad, meaning, are they eaten?
The Shaykh : If the ones who slaughter are from the People of the Book, they are eaten.
The questioner : Who knows, for example?
The Shaykh : By Allah, the general rule is that, yes, we do not know who performed the slaughter, but the general rule is that if it is in a country where most of its people are from the People of the Book, the ruling is based on the majority. For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If a carcass is found in a country where the slaughter of most of its people is lawful, then it is lawful. Do you understand this? If a slaughtered sheep is found discarded in the market in a place where the slaughter of most of its people is lawful, then it is lawful based on the majority. And they said regarding the foundling: If the small abandoned child that is thrown away is found, and most of the people of the country are Muslims, then he is a Muslim following the majority. On this basis, if it comes to us from a country where most of its people are People of the Book, then it is lawful, unless we know that they do not use anything but polytheists in the slaughterhouses. In that case, it is obligatory to investigate. Yes.
The Shaykh : If the ones who slaughter are from the People of the Book, they are eaten.
The questioner : Who knows, for example?
The Shaykh : By Allah, the general rule is that, yes, we do not know who performed the slaughter, but the general rule is that if it is in a country where most of its people are from the People of the Book, the ruling is based on the majority. For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said: If a carcass is found in a country where the slaughter of most of its people is lawful, then it is lawful. Do you understand this? If a slaughtered sheep is found discarded in the market in a place where the slaughter of most of its people is lawful, then it is lawful based on the majority. And they said regarding the foundling: If the small abandoned child that is thrown away is found, and most of the people of the country are Muslims, then he is a Muslim following the majority. On this basis, if it comes to us from a country where most of its people are People of the Book, then it is lawful, unless we know that they do not use anything but polytheists in the slaughterhouses. In that case, it is obligatory to investigate. Yes.